Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: Prenton Park
Attendance: 5386
Referee: Haywood, M

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

89mins

Gareth Taylor is being taken off, Craig Curran has come on in his place.

81mins

Nathan Jones is being taken off, Marvin Williams has come on in his place.

73mins

Zoltan Stieber is being taken off, Gary Dempsey has come on in his place.

71mins

It's red. He's off. Marc Bircham has been sent off.

62mins

Jennison Myrie-Williams takes a penalty for Tranmere and scores!.

59mins

Paul McLaren is replaced by John Mullin.

51mins

Goal!! Andy Kirk scores for Yeovil.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

36mins

Nathan Jones is booked for unsporting behaviour.

32mins

Marc Bircham goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

4mins

Goal!! Calvin Zola scores for Tranmere.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Tranmere Rovers were made to fight hard by Yeovil Town before eventually clinching their seventh home victory, which took them a step closer to the League One play-off zone.

Yeovil showed plenty of spirit and determination but were on the back foot for most of the game.

They were not helped when midfield Marc Bircham was dismissed in the 71st minute for a second yellow card.

Yeovil had earlier conceded a penalty and it turned out to be an unlucky afternoon for the Glovers as they lost for the sixth time on the road.

Tranmere had the best possible start when they opened the scoring in the fourth minute. Calvin Zola produced an excellent finish from the edge of the box after being set up by Shane Sherriff.

The Merseysiders went on to make most of the first-half running. But a Sherriff header was pushed over by alert keeper Steve Mildenhall and then Jennison Myrie-Williams fired wide after a good run.

Mildenhall produced another fine save to deny Zola after 34 minutes.

Yeovil's only first-half chance fell to Paul Warne, but he headed Zoltan Stieber's cross over.

The visitors rocked Tranmere with a 51st-minute equaliser. Recent signing Andy Kirk produced a good finish from Lloyd Owusu's throughball as the home defence hesitated.

Terry Skiverton mis-kicked from a good chance for Town before Tranmere regained the lead in the 62nd minute.

Zola was tripped by Scott Guyett and Myrie-Williams made no mistake with a low shot into the keeper's right corner. It was the loanee's first goal for Rovers.

Mildenhall made another excellent save to deny Steve Jennings but Yeovil finished strongly with home keeper Danny Coyne having to make an excellent stop from an angled shot by Kirk.

Myrie-Williams was outstanding for the winners and there were also solid performances from Sherriff, Zola and skipper Ian Goodison.

Paul Warne took star billing for the losers.

Tranmere Rovers Team

Yeovil Town Team

Tranmere Rovers

Yeovil Town

Corners

Fouls

Goal attempts

Shots off target

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